confuso
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konˈfu.zo/[1]
- Rhymes: -uzo
- Hyphenation: con‧fù‧so
Adjective
confuso (feminine confusa, masculine plural confusi, feminine plural confuse)
- confused
- muddled (of speech etc.)
- embarrassed
- hazy (of memory etc.)
Related terms
Participle
confuso (feminine confusa, masculine plural confusi, feminine plural confuse)
- past participle of confondere
References
- confuso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Latin
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cōnfūsus (“mixed, mingled”), from the verb cōnfundō (“pour together”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kõˈfu.zu/
- Hyphenation: con‧fu‧so
Adjective
confuso (feminine confusa, masculine plural confusos, feminine plural confusas)
- confused
- (1899) Machado de Assis, Dom Casmurro, chapter 85:
- Tal foi o sentimento confuso com que entrei na loja de louça.
- Such was the confused feeling I entered the china store with.
- Synonyms: perplexo, espantado, confundido
- (1899) Machado de Assis, Dom Casmurro, chapter 85:
- confusing
- (1999) Gregório de Matos, Ó caos confuso, labirinto horrendo, Crônica do viver baiano seiscentista:
- Ó caos confuso, labirinto horrendo,
- Oh confusing chaos, horrendous labyrinth,
- (1999) Gregório de Matos, Ó caos confuso, labirinto horrendo, Crônica do viver baiano seiscentista:
Derived terms
Further reading
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konˈfuso/ [kõɱˈfu.so]
- Rhymes: -uso
- Syllabification: con‧fu‧so
Adjective
confuso (feminine confusa, masculine plural confusos, feminine plural confusas)
- confused
- Synonym: confundido
- confusing
- Synonyms: intrincado, enredado
Further reading
- “confuso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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